M.M. SUNDRESH, J.

1. Nature is the life line of the Mother Universe. Forests and Rivers, inseparable twins complimenting each other, an integral part of nature. They are the heart and soul of the universe. One of the determinative factor to assess the wealth of a country is its natural resource.

2. Man is the most destructive specie of the earth. Through his constant flirtation, he ends up destroying the nature. Ironically it gives the opposite and contrary result though may not be intended. Continued destruction of forests and rivers would bring the doom day nearer, a mockery and folly.

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3. Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) is a global hotspot of Biodiversity, declared as Tiger Reserve during 1988. Mundanthurai Tiger Sanctuary was declared in 1962, as against Kalakad Wildlife Sanctuary in 1976. It was a huge forest cover with a perennial river to the knowledge of the man kind and continues to be so after a steady supply of battering at its hands.

4. Biosphere Reserve (BR) is a representative part of natural and cultural landscapes extending over large ar